A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: New York City Watershed Protection and Partnership Council
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York
Summary:: Protection of a water system supplying 9 million people requires close cooperation of government and non-government stakeholders and numerous watershed programs
Website:: www.dos.state.ny.us/watershed/wppc.htm
Contact:: William C. Harding
Executive Director
New York City Watershed Protection and Partnership Council
914-734-1347
wharding@dos.state.ny.us

Southeastern

Project Name:: Data Verifies BMPs Improve Water Quality
Location:: Southeastern: Alabama
Summary:: Partners gathered data to prove that installed BMPs have a positive impact on water quality – 92% bedload sediment reduction; 75% nitrate reduction.
Website:: www.bae.ncsu.edu/programs/extension/wqg/99rept319/index_files/alabama.pdf
Contact:: Marlon Cook

Geological Survey of Alabama
205-349-2852
mccok@gsa.state.al.us

Project Name:: Collaborative Effort to Preserve Kentucky’s Bluegrass Region
Location:: Southeastern: Kentucky
Summary:: Bluegrass Conservancy and its partners are working to protect the rolling farmland, limestone rich soil, and scenic cultural beauty of the internationally recognized Bluegrass landscape.
Website:: www.bluegrassconservancy.org
Contact:: Tim DeWitt
Executive Director
Bluegrass Conservancy
(859) 255-4552
tdewitt@bluegrassconservancy.org

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: Bete Grise Preserve
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Illinois
Summary:: Partners raised funds and applied for grants to buy Bete Grise, a high quality dune swale wetland system. In 2004, two grants were awarded totaling $1,450,000 for 1104 acres.
Website:: hkconserve.com
Contact:: Sue Haralson
Administrator
Houghton Keweenaw Conservation District
906 482-0214
sue.haralson@mi.nacdnet.net

Project Name:: Implementation of a Scientifically Credible IPM Approach to Control Invasive Species and Restore Native Prairie
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: North Dakota
Summary:: This partnership used the experience and expertise of a wide variety of disciplines to treat and restore NPS lands using a scientifically credible approach.
Contact:: Chad Prosser
EPMT Liaison
National Park Service
701-623-4466
Chad_Prosser@nps.gov

Project Name:: Beyer Bridge Riverbank Project
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Michigan
Summary:: To stabilize the riverbank, while increasing recreational usage by fishermen and canoers
Contact:: Janet Wendland
4-H Program Associate
MSU-Extension 4-H Youth Programs
989-758-2500
wendlan2@msu.edu

Project Name:: Tippecanoe River Project
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Indiana
Summary:: The Nature Conservancy works with local landowners and other partners to return trees to the Tippecanoe River’s floodplain, restore wetlands and introduce conservation-friendly farming practices.
Website:: www.nature.org/indiana
Contact:: Chad Watts
Tippecanoe Project Director
The Nature Conservancy
(574) 946-7491
cwatts@tnc.org

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: Land Restoration/Revegetation – Fort Hood
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary:: Dairy compost was used to revegetate degraded training maneuver areas that caused soil erosion and water quality issues.
Website:: forthoodreveg.tamu.edu
Contact:: Dr. C. Allan Jones
Director
Texas Water Resources Institute
979-845-1851
cajones@tamu.edu

Project Name:: Dixie and Fishlake National Forest Plan Revision Effort
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Utah
Summary:: The Dixie and Fishlake National Forests are collaboratively revising our Forest Plans. We have worked closely with people in over 100 workshops to develop a vision for managing these forests.
Website:: www.fs.fed.us/r4/dixie/projects/FParea/HomePage.htm
Contact:: Kenton Call
Public Affairs Specialist
Dixie National Forest
(435) 865-3730
ckcall@fs.fed.us

Far West

Project Name:: Cusick Wetland Restoration
Location:: Far West: Washington
Summary:: The Partnership restored a wetland, created a wetland educational site, and established a park.
Contact:: Mark Simpson
Resource Conservationist
USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service
509/447-4217
mark.simpson@wa.usda.gov

Project Name:: Columbia River Estuary Spill Fund
Location:: Far West: Oregon, Washington
Summary:: Partners collaborate on restoration and education efforts in the lower Columbia River.
Contact:: Stephen Zylstra
Division Manager, OFWO
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(503) 231-6179
stephen_zylstra@fws.gov

Project Name:: Seabird Protection Program
Location:: Far West: Hawaii
Summary:: The Marine Corps Base Hawaii's Ulupa’u weapons range is the site for a collaborative effort to protect red-footed boobies through state-of-the-art conservation practices.
Contact:: Ms. Elizabeth Kumabe
President
Hawaii Audubon Society
808-528-1432
hiaudsoc@pixi.com

Project Name:: Fort Hunter Liggett Grasslands Restoration
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: A broad-based partnership is working to restore the grasslands and oak savannahs of Fort Hunter Liggett by controlling the invasive yellow star thistle.
Contact:: Joe DiTomaso
Professor
University of California, Davis
530-574-8715
ditomaso@vegmail.ucdavis.edu

Project Name:: Bighorn Sheep Restoration in North America
Location:: Far West: California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington
Summary:: Through research, habitat enhancements, and translocations, bighorn sheep have been restored to much of their native range. Their numbers have been increased from below 50,000 to over 200,000.
Website:: www.fnaws.org
Contact:: Raymond Lee
President
Foundation for North American Wild Sheep (FNAWS)
(307) 527-6261
rlee@fnaws.org

Project Name:: Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
Location:: Far West: Hawaii
Summary:: Protection of humpback whales is enhanced through a State/Federal management partnership.
Contact:: Jeffrey Walters, Ph.D.
Sanctuary Co-manager
Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale NMS/Department of Land & Natural Resources
808-587-0106
Jeffrey.S.Walters@hawaii.gov

Project Name:: Guadalupe River Project, San Jose, California
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: This project provides 100-year flood protection, habitat protection, water quality protection, fish & wildlife enhancement, and recreation & open space features within the Guadalupe River watershed.
Website:: www.spk.usace.army.mil/projects/civil/guadalupe/
Contact:: Bradley C. Hubbard
Project Manager
US Army Corps of Engineers
(916) 557-7054
bradley.c.hubbard@usace.army.mil

Project Name:: Brake Pad Partnership
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: Working together, the Partners are developing the science needed to understand the potential role of automobile brake pads in surface water quality and develop responses as needed.
Website:: www.suscon.org/brakepad/index.asp
Contact:: Connie Liao
Project Manager
Sustainable Conservation
415-977-0380 x336
cliao@suscon.org

Project Name:: Greater Yellowstone Coordination Sustainable Operations Subcommittee
Location:: Far West: Idaho, Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wyoming, Montana
Summary:: Sustainable operations subcommittee promotes energy efficiency and waste and emissions reductions in the Greater Yellowstone Area.
Website:: mpin.nbii.org/gycc
Contact:: Anna Jones-Crabtree
Chair of Subcommittee
Bighorn National Forest
307-674-2615
ajonescrabtree@fs.fed.us

Project Name:: Green and Solar Homes Tour
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: A collaborative statewide effort to host Green and Solar Homes Tours and a comprehensive green building magazine, Green and Solar Building Oregon. In 2005, 11 Oregon communities will hold tours.
Website:: www.3estrategies.org/ProjectsGreenSolarTour.asp
Contact:: Cylvia Hayes
Executive Director
3EStrategies
541.617.9013
info@3estrategies.org

National

Project Name:: Team Tamarisk: Cooperating for Results
Location:: National
Summary:: The Albuquerque Team Tamarisk conference launched Team Tamarisk as an inclusive alliance of cooperating agencies and individuals devoted to the control of non-native invasive plants.
Contact:: Tim Carlson
Executive Director
Tamarisk Coalition
970-248-1683
tcarlson@tamariskcoalition.org

Current Conservation Programs